Beggars Banquet / Bowery Electric, Jeff Buckley, Doug Fieger (Knack) , Maxim (Prodigy), Spin The Wheel / Superchunk, Tragically Hip

NEWS: > Beggars Banquet is giving visitors to their website the chance to remix a track from the forthcoming Bowery Electric album Lushlife until February 22. Further information is available at the label's site, http://www.beggars.com/us/news .

> May 9 will see the release of a live album from the late Jeff Buckley. The still-untitled album features the following tracks: Dream Brother, I Woke Up In A Strange Place, Mojo Pin, Lilac Wine, What Will You Say, Last Goodbye, Eternal Life, Grace, Mood Swing Whiskey, The Man That Got Away, Kanga Roo, Hallelujah/I Know It's Over (medley).

> Doug Fieger (vocalist from the Knack) has released his solo album, First Things First. Further information on the album and ordering information is available from the Knack Fan Club at http://www.knack.com/ > Maxim from the Prodigy is currently making his solo album. Guest production and vocals come from Gang Starr's Guru, The Sneaker Pimps and Skunk Anansie's Skin.

> Spin the Wheel Press has released their first publication, The Deck of Chance, a deck of playing cards exploring accident, fortunate, luck and the haphazard in daily life through poetry, short stories, commentary and artwork by thirty-four published and emerging writers and artists. Some of the people who have written the text on the cards include Los Angeles writer Norman Kline, Austrian art critic Otto Neumaier and Superchunk's Laura Ballance. The deck is limited to a print run of 500. Check out http://spinthewheelpress.homepage.com for more information.

> Tragically Hip fans should be happy with the re-release of three more albums from the band's catalog. Sire / London have re-released Road Apples, Up To Here and The Tragically Hip EP enhanced with promotional music videos using state of the art HyperCD technology.


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